Mike Farrell and Sister Helen Prejean (of "Dead Man Walking" fame) were the featured speakers at Notre Dame de Namur University's recent graduation ceremonies. Both Farrell and Prejean are known death penalty activists. This statement by Farrell as noted in the below article caught my attention in particular: "Calling the death penalty 'the manifestation of classism,' Farrell likened the practice to a garbage can -- once you open the lid and examine what it really is, you'll find the 'most putrid, disgusting aspects of society,' like classism and racism." He is so very right.

Farrell is one of the leader's of Death Penalty Focus, an anti-death group in California.

Graduation speakers speak out